US state Delaware law will see families inherit the deceased's digital accounts
Grieving Delaware residents now have the right to access their dead relatives’ digital estate, including emails, photographs and social networks, after the state passed the first-of-its-kind law in the US.
Governor Jack Markell last week signed the ‘Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Digital Accounts Act’ which allows heirs and executors legal possession of the deceased’s online accounts, similar to how they would inherit a physical object in the will.
The act shifts control of the deceased’s online accounts and social networks from digital companies to family members, in a bid to clarify the state’s digital inheritance law.
Kelly Bachman, from the Delaware Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
